Canopy-couch.



E. LEHMANN.

GANOPY COUCH.

APPLICATION FILED JULIE), 1910.

1,004,796.- Patented oct. 3,11911.

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GANOPY GOUCH. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 5, 1910.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPM Co.. WASHINGTON. n. v..

E. LEHMANN.

GANOPY COUGH. APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, 1910.

1,004,796. Patented oet. s, 1911.

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Ell/IIL LEHMANN, GF HAMMOND, INDIANA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tuly 5, 1910.

Patented @ctx 3, 1911.. Serial No. 570,218.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EMIL LEHMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hammond, county of Lake, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Canopy-Couches, of which the following is aA specification.

My invent-ion relates to improvements in canopy couches and has for its object the production of a canopy couch which sha-ll be readily foldable into small compass and convenientand durable in use.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a couch embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is an end view of the couch with a portion 4of the end cover flap broken away, Fig. 3 is a section on line :2cof Fig. 1, Fig. 4t is a section on line y-g/ of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a section on line an of Fig. 4, with portions removed and broken away for the sake of clearness. Fig. G is a side elevation of the couch folded, Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail plan view of a portion of the head-rest, Fig. 8 is a detail elevation showing the head-rest in operative position, Fig. 9 is a detail view sho-wing the head-rest frame and its supporting brace, Fig. 10 is a partial end elevation of the couch showing the side liaps in rolled position, and F ig. 11 is a detail sectional view showing the cover iiap for the end openings in folded position.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawings comprises a couch frame formed of side rails 1 and end rails 2 secured together in rectangular form as shown. This frame is supported upon foldable legs 3 which are pivoted at l to the side rails 1. These legs are formed of a single strip of metal bent as shown and having stiifening braces 5, as shown. At each end said frame is provided with a flexible strap or band 6 having its ends secured to the under side of said frame at corresponding corners and tied together at the middle to form a loop for suspending said couch.

Within the couch frame is a body support comprising longitudinal flat metallic bands 8 having their ends bent over end rods 9 and provided with cross bands 10. The frame thus formed is secured in the couch frame by means of springs 11 at each side and end, and the whole is covered by a canvas sheet 12. The body support thus formed is of simple and durable construction and of little thickness, which facilitates folding into small compass.

At one end the couch frame is provided with a head-rest comprising asubstantially' U-sha-ped metallic frame 13 hinged to the side rails 1 at 1dand carrying a canvas sheet 15 securedto the sides and ends thereof. The head-rest thus formed may be folded flat upon the couch frame or held in different angular positions by means of a brace 16 which is in substantially U-form with its ends pivoted to frame 13 at 17. Notches 18 are provided in side rails 1 at either side in position to engage brace 16 to hold said head-rest in different angular positions as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Two canopy supports 19 each of which is formed of a single piece of wire rod bent into substantially U-form and having angularly turned ends 2O are pivoted by a curtain but-ton 21 to the out-er sides of rails 1. A canopy is secured to supports 19 at the top, the said canopy comprising a top portion 22, side portions 23 and end portions 24. Each of the side portions 23 is provided with outer and inner flaps 25 and 26 respectively, the inner flap 26 being provided with a screened opening 27, as shown. Button holes are provided in the lower edges of flaps 25 and 26 for engagement with curtain buttons 21, as shown. Tapes 29 carrying eyes at their ends adapted to engage hooks 30 are provided for securing side flaps 25 and 26 in rolled positions, as indicated in Fig. 10. Each of the ends 24 is provided with a screened opening 31 and a cover fiap 32 secured at its upper edge to said end. A tape or other flexible element 33 extends over the outside of flap 32 and passes through openings 34 above and below screened opening 31, the ends of said tape being secured together to form the same into a continuous loop, as shown in Fig. 11. Tape 33 is connected with cover flap 32 at its bottom 35 and its central portion 36, as shown, the said tape serving to fold said cover flap 32 into the position shown in Fig. 11 when drawn in one direction or to extend said cover flap to cover said screened opening 31 when drawn in the opposite direction. Suitable buttons 37 are provided for securing cover flap 32 in covering posiy tion and suitable buttons 3S are providedfor securing the ends 24 to the couch frame. By this construction it will be observed that the canopy may be freely opened for ventilation with the exclusion ot' insects or fully closed for protection from the weather as desired.

A spreader 39 consisting of a single piece of wire rod having upwardly turned hooks 40 at each end and adapted to engage the upper portions of canopy supports 19, is provided for holding said supports apart. By providing` said spreader with upwardly bent hooks at its ends, contact between the body of said spreader and the top portion of the canopy is prevented and the consequent tendency to leakage avoided. Covering iiaps 41 and 42 are secured to opposite ends of the couch frame and the free edge of flap 41 provided with eyes 43 and the tree edge of tlap 42 provided with tapes or strips 44 by means of which said flaps may be secured over the canopy when folded, as shown in Fig. 6.

It will be observed that by removing spreader 39 and unbut-toning the ends of the canopy the same may be folded flat upon the couch and covering flaps 41 and 42 placed over the same to hold it in position. Legs 3 readily fold up between side rails l, all as indicated in Fig. 6, thus converting the couch into compact form for transportation.

I-Iaving described my invention what I claim as new and d-esire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a canopy couch the combina-tion with a couch frame, of canopy supports pivoted to said frame; a canopy secured to said supports; means for securing the ends of said canopy to said frame; and cover flaps secured to each end of said frame and adapted to cover said canopy and canopy supports when folded onto said frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMIL LEHMANN.

Iitnesses HELEN F. LILLIs, JOSHUA R. H. PoTTs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

